Autographic register



J. Q. SHERMAN AND A. W. METZNER.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 3,1919.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT omce.

JOHN Q. AND ALBERT W. METZNER, OF DAYTON, OHIO;

ASSIGNOR T0 SAID SHERMAN.

sari) Murmur.

AUTOGBAPHIG REGISTER.

Specification of Letters latent. Patented J an, 17, 1922,

Application filed July 3, 1919. Serial No. 308,359.

mary of all transactions entered upon the strips issued from the register. .Thistype of machine involves the provision of a rewind roll or other storage means for the summary record strip and further provision for a more limited step-by-step movement of the summary strip than of the regular issued strips.

There have been various means devised for the partial feedinq of a summary strip with relation to full feeding of the regular strips in autographic registers, and there have also been a variety of means devised for storing a record strip within the casing of an autographic register, so that it is not accessible to any one but the proprietor, or the one possessing the key to the machine.

It is the object of our invention herein to provide improved andsimple, positively operating means for storing the summary strip and actuating it at the same time, which means will permit of ready adaptation to whatever amount of the summary strip it is desired to feed, and which maintains the record or summary strip taut at all times.

The various advantages of the machine will be noted, and the manner of accomplishment of the objects above noted will be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and the novelty residing in our mechanism duly claimed. a

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the parts involved in the invention herein, the same being mounted on the left hand inside wall of the machine casing, and this wall being broken away to reveal the structure of the said parts. r

Figures 2 and 3 are views of the regular and summary strips.

The casing of the machine is shown at and the usual hinged top at 2. The machine has at the rear, to give access to the storage portion of the machine, a hinged door 3 which is capable of being locked.

No means is shown for mounting the various films or strips of paper, since this forms no special part of our invention, and the paper strips are shown as comprising the normal strips A and the special or summary strip. B. The normal strips are printed, according to usual practice in sections of corresponding length, and the feeding devices (to be described) are adapted to feed one complete sec ion of th normal films out of the machine at each complete operation. Y

The feeding mechanism shown comprises sprocket wheels 4, one of which is mounted on each side of the casing, in position to engage marginal perforations in the normal strips or films of paper. As is the usual practice in machines of this type, it will be understood without illustration, that the" sprocket members are keyed or otherwise rigidly mounted on a shaft 5, which is journaled in the sides of the machine, and op-. erated by means of a handle 6.

The special strip B, which ,will ordinarily be used for a record summary of transactions entered on the normal strips is narrower than the distance between the sprocket teeth so that it does not engage the sprock-= ets, although itpasses between them, making shorter individual movements. This in no way interferes, however, with its passage over the tablet of the machine along with the other strips so that it can receive the impressions made on the regular strips through the medium of'carbon paper, and yet be drawn through the machine in sections of smaller length for each operation.

In order to prevent the summary strip from receiving all of the notations on each normal ticket or section of the regular strips,

narrow width carbon paper is furnished for the transfers to this strip, or else the summary strip is in some manner blocked off from receiving the complete impression, or brought through the tablet just beyond the summary line.

The rewind roll 7 which is mounted in any desired manner in the side walls of the machine casing carries a pinion 8 over which rides a one-way spring awl 9. l he pinion meshes with a gear 10, t at is mounted on the side wall of the casing in a position to mesh with a segment 11, which is secured on the shaft 5 of, the feeding de-.

number of teeth desired, and by removing one segment and mounting another old or new machines can be adapted for different work. For example, if the proprietor should want the name of the party as well as the total amount of the transaction, several more teeth would be needed over the teeth required to issue the usual total summary.

During the operation of the feeding device,

the segment, as regulated by its position on the operating shaft, will mesh with the idler gear 10, and cause it to impart a partial rotation to the pinion 8, and thus rewind the storage roll for the summary strip.

The summary strip is brought, preferably, over the tablet plate along with the normal strips, and thence over an idler roller 12 mounted between the sides of the casing and down to the storage roll 7. The rotation of the storage roll will thus draw the summary strip the desired distance over the tablet plate, subject to the relative numbers of teeth in the gear train and the number of teeth more particularly in the segment. Roller 12 may be merely a round tie bar forming part of the casing frame.

As soon as the operation of the segment ceases due to its passing out of mesh with the idler gear, the pawl will stop the motion of the pinion 8, and hold the idler gear in position for the next entrance into mesh of the segment. It will also hold the storage roll against turning backwardly, and thus maintain the summary strip in a taut condition, thereby preventing its shifting into the path of the sprocket pins, and holding it in proper condition for the reception of the desired impressions on the tablet plate.

In arranging the design of a machine of this type or changing machines already in operation, it is possible with our invention to employ different sized segments, dependent upon how much of a record is desired by the owner of the machine. This can vary anywhere from a complete record to a mere line, setting out the totals of transactions entered on the normal strips, such as, for example, the total amounts of purchases or sales brought down to the bottom line of the regular tickets.

It should not be understood that this in vention has application only to machines which have the sprocket feeding device above briefly described, as it is adaptable to other types of feeding devices. For example, it could be employed with a friction roll feed machine where the roll was cut circumferem tially to permit the passage of thesummary strip thereover, without friction being applied. It could also be employedin instances where the summary strip is brought under the'tablet plate, or beneath the feeding device, or in numerous other familiar types of machines well known in the art.

The device is also adaptable for use in automatic machines, either spring or motor operated.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by .Letters Patent, is:

1. In an autographic register, thecombination with an operating device for feeding normal length strips of paper, of a roll for rewinding a special strip of paper, and means operated by the operating device for rotating the rewinding roll comprising in part a segment gear.

2. In an autographic register, the combination with a normal operating device for autographic registers, of a summary strip rewinding device comprising a roll, a gear on the roll, means for operating the gear from the normal operating device, during a portion only of the complete operation of said operating device, and means for preventing rotation of the gear except in a winding direction.

3. In an autographic register, the combination with the operating shaft for the normal feeding devices, of a record rewinding roll, and means connected to the operating shaft for positively operating the rewinding roll during a portion only of the feeding op eration of the shaft.

4. In an autographic register, the combination with the operating shaft for the normal feeding devices, of a record rewinding device, a segment gear on the shaft, and intermeshing devices operated by said segment gear for rotating the rewinding roll, for the purpose described.

5. In an autographic register, the. combination with the operating shaft for the normal feeding devices, of a record rewinding roll, and means connected to the operating shaft for positively operating the rewinding roll during a portion only of the feeding operation of the shaft, and a stop for prevent ing reverse operation of the said positive operating means, for the purpose described.

6. In an autographic register, the combination with the operating shaft for the normal feeding devices, of a record rewinding device, a segment gear on the shaft, intermeshing gears, one of which is adapted to mesh with the segment gear, one of which operates the rewinding device, and a positive stop to retain one of said intermeshin gears in a stationary position after the said gears have passed out of mesh with said segment gear.

7. In an autographic register, the combination with-a sprocket feeding device for feeding normal length strips from an autographic register adapted to permit a record strip to pass freely without interference by said device, of a record rewinding r011 adapted to store the record strip, and means connected to the sprocket feeding device for positively operating the record rewinding roll during a portion only of the feeding portion only of the fee ing operation of thefeeding device.

9. In an autographic register, the combination with means for engaging and advancing strips of paper, by means of rotating sprockets engaging marginal perforations, ofa record roll adapted to rewind a record sheet, and gearing connecting the record roll and the sprockets for positively operating the record roll during a portion only nation with means for engagmg and ad-' of the feed of the sprockets.

10, In an autographic register, the combivancing strips of paper, by means of rptating sprockets engaging marginal perforations, of a record roll adapted to rewind a record sheet, and gearing connecting the record roll and the sprockets for positively operating the record roll during a portion only of the feed of the sprockets, and means for locking the gearing during its period of non-operation.

11. In an autographic register, the combination with means for engaging and advancing strips ofpaper, by means of rotating sprockets engaging marginal perforations, of a record roll adapted to rewind a record sheet, and gearing connecting the record 'roll and the sprockets for positively operating the record roll during a portion only of 'the feed of the sprockets, and means for locking the gearing during its Period of nonoperation, said means comprising a pawl engaging one ofsaid gears.

12. In an autographic register, the combination with a sprocket feed for perforated paper strips, of a record roll for rewinding and feeding a record strip, of a pinion on the roll, an idler pinion meshing therewith,

and a segment gear onthe sprocket feeding device for meshing with the idler pinion during a selected portion of'the operation of the sprocket feeding device.

13. In an autographlc register, the combination with a sprocket feed for perforated paper strips, of a record roll for rewinding and feeding a record strip, of a pinion on the roll, an idler pinion meshing therewith, and a segment gear'on the sprocket feeding device for meshing with the idler pinion during a selected portion of the operation of the sprocket feeding device, and a spring pawl to lock the gear and pinion beyond the segment out of operation during the free motion of the segment.

14. In an autographic register, the combination with means for feeding a plurality of strips of paper, of means for feeding a record strip concurrently with the other strips but during a portion only of' their movement, said means being adapted to retain the record strip taut during the remainder of the movement of said strips.

15. In an autographic register, the combination with the casing thereof, of a revoluble shaft in said casing for operating a feeding device therefor, a record roll for rewinding and storing a record strip, a segment gear on the shaft, 'an idler inion mounted on the wall of said casing 1n the path of movement of the segment gear, a pinion on the record roll in constant mesh with the idler pinion, and means for operat ing the shaft, for the purpose described.

' 16. In an autographic register, the combination with the casing thereof, of a revoluble shaft in said casing for operating a feeding device therefor, a record roll for rewinding and'storing a record strip, a segment gear on the shaft, an idler pinion mounted on the wall of said casing in the path of movement JOHN Q, SHERMAN. ALBERT ,W. METZNER. 

